Position Paper Regarding HCG Injections Along with a Very Low Calorie Diet for Weight Loss
by Dr. Kathryn Retzler
Portland, Oregon
The “HCG Diet” has become popular over the last few years due to the accessibility of the Internet and advertising by clinics that perform the protocol. I’ve read ATW Simeons protocol “Pounds and Inches: a New Approach to Obesity” several times. The paper is intriguing in terms of Simeons’ theories about weight gain and the role of hypothalamic dysfunction in prevention of weight loss. It’s also bold – Simeons claims that the protocol is easy to follow and uniformly effective in suppressing appetite, elevating mood, and enabling “abnormal”, stubborn fat to be lost. He also states that HCG resets the hypothalamus to prevent lost weight from being regained. “Pounds and Inches” is available from several sources on the Internet. If you’re interested, you can order a copy of Simeons’ paper describing his protocol published in 1954 from the Lancet.[1]
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